Recently, the appointment ceremony of the director of the Institute of Vocational and Technical Education of Tianjin University was held at the School of Education of Tianjin University. Professor Sun Shanxue, vice president of the Chinese Society for Technical and Vocational Education (CSTVE), was appointed as director of the Institute of Vocational and Technical Education of Tianjin University.

Zhang Junyan, member of the Standing Committee of the University Party Committee and Director of Department of United Front Work and Department of Humanities and Social Sciences issued the appointment certificate for Sun Shanxue.

Zhang Junyan expects Prof. Sun to take the Institute as a platform, give full play to his disciplinary influence in the field of vocational and technical education, actively contribute academic wisdom and academic resources, and consolidate and improve the disciplinary advantages of vocational and technical education of the university. At the same time, she hopes that the School of Education could further strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation, continue to enhance the dominant position of vocational and technical education disciplines, and promote the accomplishment of greater achievements in various undertakings.

Yan Guangfen, dean of the School of Education, said that gathering outstanding talents, innovating talent recruitment methods, and improving the flexible mechanism are important measures to promote the development of disciplines and talent training. Prof. Sun has been deeply engaged in the field of vocational and technical education for many years, and has a solid theoretical foundation and rich research results. He will inject new energy into the development of the vocational and technical education of the School, further consolidate and develop the dominant position of this discipline, and improve the influence of the discipline and the quality of talent training.

After the appointment ceremony, the leadership team of the School of Education and Prof. Sun Shanxue conducted in-depth discussions on the construction planning, team construction, and personnel training of the institute.

By School of Education

Editors: Sun Xiaofang, Jiang Qi